Lust is a Sin . . .
Sebastian Griffin, the Duke of Melbourne, has raised his younger siblings, seen to it that they made correct matches, and basically kept everyone in line. Seen as the most powerful man in England, Sebastian has a reputation for propriety and has maintained a scandal-free life.
Until now.
Josefina Katarina Embry is a beauty, to be sure, but she claims to be the princess of a faraway country. While she dazzles the ton with her wit and charm, Sebastian suspects she’s up to something. And he’s determined to expose her . . . if only he wasn’t so distracted by her brazen sensuality and the irresistible allure of her kiss. Sebastian knows an affair will lead them into scandal, but will the most powerful man in England risk all for a princess of dubious lineage . . . or will he allow a most sinful desire to rule his heart?
Meh. I started skimming after Chapter 4. Cause Sebastian is just so irritated with Josefina that he kisses her cause he has to. Then he can’t get her out his mind and wonders what is it with this girl. Meh. I think this was used in the previous book.
In my skimming though, I was really annoyed with Josefina’s father. He claims his family is royalty from a growing country. They need a loan from England to help build their resources. Then her father decides to try and get some settlers in the country. Turns out, the place is not a good place for people to settle at. Josefina feels guilty and tries to get her father to stop the lying. Which he says no.
Her father threatens to take care of Sebastian, so to protect him she announces her engagement to Sebastian. Then I skim some more and she’s trying to get out of the marriage to protect him.
So… yeah. It looked like it picked up towards the end. But not enough to stop me from skimming. Which was a disappointment for me. My SIL enjoyed it though.
This one I’m gonna have to classify as DNF cause I technically didn’t read it.
Yikes! I’m always glad to be saved because the blurb sounded promising.
I know. It sounded really good. Then again, my sister in law liked it.
I liked this book. And Josefina’s father’s character was based on an actual person, Gregor McGregor, who went around to the courts of Europe and flim-flammed them into giving him money. Different strokes.
I read that in the back of the book. Interesting but ooo I wanted slap her dad!!!!
I had this in my basket with my last fictionwise order, but I deleted it right before checkout.
I’m so glad I did.